Appraisal of Nutrition

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Abstract
THE observations of Seltzer contained in his letter published elsewhere in this issue of the Journal serve an important function in calling attention to certain critical defects in the height-weight tables most commonly used as standards of overweight and obesity —namely, those of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Keys,1 Mayer2 and others in the past have commented on the limitations of height-weight tables in general and those of the life insurance companies in particular. Yet, such critical comments have had surprisingly little impact on the continued employment of these standards by researchers and medical practitioners. Perhaps the main reason for . . .

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